Typewriter case



Feb. 16, 194-3. pM 2,311,057

TYPEWRITER CASE Filed Oct 4; 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR. MICHAEL LIPMAN.

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ATTORNEY Feb. 16 1943. I M. LIPMAN 2,311,057

TYPEWRITER CASE Filed Oct. 4, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR. MICHAEL LIPMAN.

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Patented Feb. 16, 1943 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE TYPEWRITER CASE Application October 4, 1940, Serial No. 359,648

8 Claims. (01. 45-682) This invention relates to a case having a portfolio therein and particularly to a typing machine case with portfolio.

In typewriter cases, portfolios have heretofore been provided for receiving letter paper, envelopes and the like, and were commonly mounted within the cover of the case. The cover of a typewriter case is relatively deep with respect to the depth of the portfolio because when the case is closed the typewriter extends well up into the cover and there is but little room above the typewriter for the portfolio. Consequently when the cover of the case is in open position there is a recess between the edges of the open end ofthe cover and the portfolio within the cover. When using the typewriter while mounted in the case, this recess seriously interferes with the letter paper inserted into the typewriter carriage since the loose ends of the paper will extend into the recess and have their edges crushed when the carriage is moved sideways. To overcome this interference with typewriting, the typewriter must be removed from the case, which involves the inconvenience of unfastening it, lifting it out of the case, carrying it to a suitable place of use and then replacing it again after use; or the cover of the case may be detached. According to my invention I overcome these difiicuities by providing a portfolio having a smooth front face so placed within the cover that said face will be in alignment with or extend slightly beyond the edges of the open end of the cover when the cover is in its open position thereby providing a smooth surface along which said loose ends of the paper may freely slide sideways for the full movement of the carriage.

It is an object of my invention to provide in a case having a cover and a typewriter therein, a portfolio having a smooth front face within said cover and means cooperating with the cover and portfolio for lifting the portfolio when the cover is being opened and for placing and for holding it in its final position when the cover is in its open position, with said face rearward of the typewriter and in substantial alignment with or slightly forward of the edges of the open end of the cover.

How the foregoing, together with other objects and advantages as may hereinafter appear or are incident to my invention are realized, is illustrated in preferred form in the accompanying drawings, wherein Fig. l is a perspective view of a typewriter case in open position with a portfolio therein.

Figs. 2, 3 and 4 are respectively, a plan, a front elevation and. a side view of the portfolio removed from the case.

Figs. 5, 6 and 7 are respectively, a plan, an elevation and a side view of a frame for supporting the portfolio.

Fig. 8 is a closed view of the case.

Fig. 9 is a cross section on line 99 of Fig. 8.

Figs. 10, 11 and 12 are cross sections similar to Fig. 9 showing the case in various stages of being opened.

, In the figures like numbers refer to like parts.

In Fig. 1 typewriter I is mounted in case 2 having a relatively deep cover 3 with sides 4 and shallow base 5. The cover and base are hinged at the back by hinges and the cover is shown in its open position. A portfolio I, comprising a central portion 8 and wings 9 extending in their open position beyond the edges of the central portion and in alignment therewith presenting a smooth face toward the typewriter, is shown held in a. position with respect to the cover 3 forward of the edges of its open end. Both the central portion 8 and the wings 9 may be in the form of envelopes open at their top ends for the reception of writing paper, envelopes and the like. In this position of the portfolio its contents are easily accessible to the operator. The portfolio affords the typist abroad upright smooth surface on its front face directly back of the typing machine against which the typed paper as it feeds out of the machine is held in upright position so that all of the typing can be easily read at all times during operation. Lacking such support as my portfolio affords, the typed paper may fall back into the cover of the case where the sides 4 of the cover will crush its edges when the carriage of the machine is moved sideways. My portfolio need not have the wings 9 to offer such novel support to the typed paper as the use of the central portion 8 will suffice to support and guide the paper in its sideways movement past the sides 4 of the cover 3.

In Figs. 2, 3 and 4 the wings 9 of the portfolio I are shown in closed position lying adjacent the central portion 8. The wings are shorter vertically than the central portion in order to clear the typing machine when they swing into open position about hinges ID, as may be seen from Fig. 1. Hinges II] are located at the front of the portfolio so as to align the central portion and the wings when in open position, thereby providing a continuous smooth surface over which the typed paper may slide. The hinges are preferably provided with or made of elastic means which tend to hold the wings in closed position open position.

or other means may be employed to close the wings. Straps l l are fastened to the upper outside comers of the wings 9 as by staples l2 and to the cover of the case as by staples l3, shown in Figs. 9 to 12. These straps serve to open the wings and lift the portfolio as the cover is being opened and to hold the portfolio and its wings in alignment in its final position forward of the edges of the open end of the cover when in its Cooperating with the straps in placing the portfolio in its final position is the stand I 4 shown in Figs. 5, 6 and '7. Stand [4 consists of a wire frame having a horizontal cross-bar l and legs l6, and a holder I! having a hooked bottom portion I8 for receiving and holding the bottom of the portfolio and a slot l9 in which bar l5 slides. The lower ends 20 of legs l6. are received by sockets 2| fastened to the base 5 of case 2 as shown in Figs. 9 to 12.

In Fig. 9 the portfolio is shown at rest in the closed case; in this position the weight of the portfolio rests mostly on top of the typewriting machine, the straps ll hanging pendant in the space above the typewriter keyboard. In this position the rearward part of the portfolio rests on the bar l5. In the absence of bar IS the rearward part rests on the typewriter carriage, not shown in detail.

In Fig. 10 the front of the typewriter lid is lifted partially open. At about that point the movement of the cover has removed all slack from the portfolios straps II and they may lift the portfolio off the top of the typewriting machine. At this point the back of the cover 3 is removed from the holder I! which is now in position to slip around and down over bar 15.

Fig. 11- shows the further progress; the bottom of the portfolio holder I! which has now slid over bar I5 toward the right, is almost in contact with the back of the case cover 3 and at this point the wing straps ll, being taut, are now opening the wings 9.

Fig. 12 shows the typewriter case fully opened with the portfolio in its final position with the front face of the portfolio rearward of the typewriter and forward of the edges of the open end of the open cover 3. In that position the portfolio is preferably held by means of resilience in the steel wire legs l6 of stand 14 which is now pulled back from its former static position by r the depending weight of the case cover-acting through the straps II. The portfolio itself now having the forward movement of its lower front edge stopped by the back of the typewriting machine or by other means, exerts a backward pressure against the bar l5.

Bar l5 now rests in the top of slot 19 of holder II thereby supporting the bottom of the portfolio clear of the inside of the cover near the hinges 6.

In the event of a portfolio without wings is and being freely movable into the cover and of shallow depth with respect to the depth of the cover and supported in the cover by thetypewriter above the lower edge of the cover when the cover is closed; means fastened to the cover and to the portfolio acting to lift the portfolio when the cover is being opened and spacing it in position with respect to the cover when it is open with the front face of the portfolio rearward of the typewriter and forward of the edges of the open end of the cover; and means mounted in said case acting to move the portfolio to said position and cooperating with said first means to hold it in said position.

2. In a case for a typewriter or the like having a cover hinged to a base, and a typewriter mounted on said base; a portfolio having a smooth front face and being freely movable into the cover and of shallow depth with respect to the depth of the cover and supported in the cover by the typewriter above the lower edge thereof when the cover is in closed position; links fastened to the cover and the portfolio acting to lift the portfolio when the cover is being opened and spacing it in position with respect to the cover when it is open with the front face of the portfolio rearward of the typewriter and forward of the edges of the open end of the cover; and resilient means fastened to the case to move the portfolio to said position and cooperating with the links to hold it in said position.

3. In a case for a typewriter or the like having a cover hinged to a base, and a typewriter mounted on said base, a portfolio having a smooth front face and being freely movable into the cover and of shallow depth with respect to the depth of the cover and supported in the cover by the typewriter above the lower edge thereof when the cover is in closed position; straps fastened to the cover and to the portfolio at its upper portion acting to lift the portfolio when the cover is being opened and when taut spacing the top of the portfolio in position with respect to the cover when the cover is open, and a horizontal bar having resilient legs mounted on the base and acting on the back of the portfolio below said straps to hold them taut and to move the bottom of the portfolio toward and to yieldingly hold it against the rearward end of the typewriter, thereby causing the front face of the portfolio to assume a position rearward of the typewriter and forward of the edges of the open end of the cover when the cover is open.

4. In a case for a typewriter or the like having a cover hinged to a base, and a typewriter mounted on said base; a portfolio having a smooth front face and being freely movable into the cover and of shallow depth with respect to the depth of the cover and supported in the cover of the typewriter above the lower edge thereof when the cover is closed; straps fastened to the cover and the portfolio at its upper portion acting to lift the portfolio when the cover is being opened and when taut spacing the top of the portfolio in position with respect to the cover when the cover is open; a horizontal bar having resilient legs mounted on the base; slotted means engaging said bar and mounted longitudinally on the portfolio to guide it across the bar as it rises with the cover, the top of the slot in said means engaging the bar and holding the bottom of the portfolio clear of the inside of the cover while said bar acts on the back of the portfolio below said straps to hold them taut and to move the portfolio toward and to yieldingly hold the bottom thereof against the rearward end of the typewriter thereby causing the front face of the portfolio to assume a position rearward of the typewriter and forward of the edges of the open end of the cover when the cover is open.

5. In a case for a typewriter or the like having a cover hinged to a base, and a typewriter mounted on said base; a portfolio having a smooth front face and being freely movable into the cover and of shallow depth with respect to the depth of the cover and supported in the cover by the typewriter above the lower edge thereof when the cover is closed, said portfolio comprising a central portion and wings hinged at the outer edges of the central portion which in closed position overlie the central portion and in open position extend beyond the edges of the central portion and in alignment therewith; straps fastened to the cover and the portfolio wings acting to lift the portfolio and open its wings when the cover is being opened and when taut spacing the portfolio and its wings open in position with respect to the cover when it is open; and a horizontal bar having resilient legs mounted on the base and acting on the back of the portfolio below said straps to hold them taut and to move the bottom of the portfolio toward and to yieldingly hold it against the rearward end of the typewriter thereby causing the portfolio to assume a position with its front face rearward of the typewriter and forward of the edges of the open end of the cover when the cover is open.

6. In a case for a typewriter or the like having a cover hinged to a base and a typewriter on said base a portfolio having a smooth front face and being freely movable into the cover and of shallow depth with respect to the depth of the cover,

the typewriter affording support to the portfolio when the cover is closed; straps fastened to the cover and the portfolio at its upper portion acting to lift the portfolio when the cover is being opened and when taut spacing the top of the portfolio with'respect to the cover when the cover is open; a horizontal bar having resilient legs mounted on the base; supporting means engaging said bar and fastened to the portfolio for holding the bottom of the portfolio clear of the inside of the cover when in open position, while said bar acts on the back of the portfolio below said straps to hold them taut and to move the portfolio toward and to yieldingly hold the bottom thereof against retaining means thereby' causing the front face of the portfolio to assume a position rearward of the typewriter and forward of the edges of the open end of the cover when the cover is open.

'7. In a case for a. typewriter or the like having a, cover hinged to a base, and a typewriter mounted on said base; a portfolio having a smooth front face and being freely movable into the cover and of shallow depth with respect to the depth of the cover, the typewriter affording support to the portfolio when the cover is closed, said portfolio comprising a central portion and wings hinged at the outer edges of the central portion which in closed position overlie the central portion and in open position extend beyond the edges of the central portion and in alignment therewith; straps fastened to the cover and the portfolio wings acting to lift the portfolio and open its wings when the cover is being opened and when taut spacing the portfolio and its wings in open position when the cover is open; a horizontal bar having legs mounted on the base and supporting means engaging said bar and fastened to the portfolio for holding the bottom of the portfolio clear of the inside of the cover when in open position, while said bar acts on the back of the portfolio below said straps to hold them taut and to move the bottom of the portfolio toward. and to yieldingly hold it against retaining means thereby causing the portfolio to assume a, position with its front face rearward of the typewriter and forward of the edges of the open end of the cover when the cover is open.

8. In a case for a typewriter or the like having a cover hinged to a base and a typewriter on the base; a portfolio having a smooth front face and being freely movable in the cover and of shallow depth with respect to the depth of the cover; means attached to the cover and to the portfolio acting to lift the portfolio with the cover when the latter is being opened and spacing it in position with respect to the cover when the latter is open with the front face of the portfolio rearward of the typewriter and forward of the edges of the open end of the cover; and means mounted in said case acting to move the portfolio to said position and cooperating with first means to hold it in said position.

MICHAEL LIPMAN. 

